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DARTS viewers were left in stitches after commentator Chris Mason poked fun at Prime Minister Keir Starmer during ITV’s coverage of the Players Championship final.
World No1 Luke Humphries retained his title with an 11-7 win over Luke Littler in Minehead.
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RexFans were treated to a thrilling match-up at the Butlin’s resort.
And commentary from ITV duo Mason and John Rawling kept them glued to the channel.
One moment in particular left viewers in stitches.
During the fourth leg, the camera panned to a crowd member with a sign that read: “Littler for Prime Minister.”
Rawling read it out live on air before Mason responded: “He couldn’t do any worse.”
The former then quickly chimed in to say: “Steady on!”
Fans loved the cheeky dig at current Prime Minister Starmer, who has been leading the UK government for just four months.
One person took to social media to write: “Commentator saying Littler couldn’t do any worse than Starmer as prime minister hahaha.”
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Another commented: “Just watching darts…person in the crowd had a sign saying Littler for prime minister. The commentor said he couldn’t be any worse. Lol.”
While a third simply quipped: “Facts!”
After winning the Players Championship on Sunday evening, Humphries said: “This was in my living room a couple of months ago and now I have it back.
“I didn’t feel myself this weekend. I was a dart behind.
“Luke drives me on, he makes me want to be a better player. I enjoy playing him.
“I am proud that I didn’t take my foot off the gas. It was a fantastic game again with Luke, he’s a special talent.
“Luke is probably the best player in the world right now. I told him I have to win these trophies before he starts to do so.
“These big games are what I live for, dream of, and to be a champion is why I do this, why I travel the world.
“I never give up. I know I can beat Luke. This is the best way to go into the worlds.”
List of all-time Darts World Champions
BELOW is a list of Darts world champions by year.
The list does not include winners from the pre-Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) era or BDO world champions.
That means Raymond van Barneveld, for example, is only listed once – Barney also won four BDO titles – and none of Eric Bristow’s five BDO titles are included.
- 1994 – Dennis Priestley
- 1995 – Phil Taylor
- 1996 – Phil Taylor (2)
- 1997 – Phil Taylor (3)
- 1998 – Phil Taylor (4)
- 1999 – Phil Taylor (5)
- 2000 – Phil Taylor (6)
- 2001 – Phil Taylor (7)
- 2002 – Phil Taylor (8)
- 2003 – John Part
- 2004 – Phil Taylor (9)
- 2005 – Phil Taylor (10)
- 2006 – Phil Taylor (11)
- 2007 – Raymond van Barneveld
- 2008 – John Part (2)
- 2009 – Phil Taylor (12)
- 2010 – Phil Taylor (13)
- 2011 – Adrian Lewis
- 2012 – Adrian Lewis (2)
- 2013 – Phil Taylor (14)
- 2014 – Michael van Gerwen
- 2015 – Gary Anderson
- 2016 – Gary Anderson (2)
- 2017 – Michael van Gerwen (2)
- 2018 – Rob Cross
- 2019 – Michael van Gerwen (3)
- 2020 – Peter Wright
- 2021 – Gerwyn Price
- 2022 – Peter Wright (2)
- 2023 – Michael Smith
- 2024 – Luke Humphries
Most World Titles
- 14 – Phil Taylor
- 3 – Michael van Gerwen
- 2 – John Part, Adrian Lewis, Gary Anderson, Peter Wright
- 1 – Dennis Priestley, Raymond van Barneveld, Rob Cross, Gerwyn Price, Michael Smith, Luke Humphries
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